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Saturday, June 29, 2013

MAYVILLE,
N.Y. (AP) - A New York drug dealer imprisoned in the 1990s amid accusations he
infected 13 young women with HIV lost his bid for freedom Friday despite having
completed his sentence more than two years ago.

A jury
in western New York found that Nushawn Williams, 36, suffers from a mental
abnormality that makes him subject to "civil management" and will
either be confined to a secure treatment facility or kept under strict
supervision, according to the attorney general's office.

"With
this determination, Mr. Williams will get the treatment he needs and the
citizens of New York will be safer," said Melissa Grace, a spokeswoman for
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The
Chautauqua County jury deliberated for just over an hour. A hearing will be
held to determine Williams' level of management.

Williams,
who now goes by the name Shyteek Johnson, completed a 12-year sentence for
statutory rape and reckless endangerment in 2010.

But
state officials sought his continued imprisonment and described him as a mentally
disturbed, sex-obsessed drug user likely to infect more women if set free. A
psychologist's report said Williams targeted vulnerable young women who were
underage and/or drug addicted and "used charm and coercion to secure
sexual contact."

Before the
trial's start, Williams' lawyer John Nuchereno claimed that a new test showed
that Williams isn't HIV positive. Nuchereno argued that without HIV, Williams
is not a danger and should be freed.

Nuchereno
earlier this year said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to
get Williams released. State lawyers at that time questioned whether the April
blood sample had been properly handled, as well as the reliability of the test
submitted by Nuchereno, which was conducted using an electron microscope.

Nuchereno
did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

In
1997, before he was charged, authorities in the small western New York city of
Jamestown took the unusual step of announcing publicly that Williams was HIV
positive in an effort to stem further spread of the virus by Williams' partners
to others. News that the dreadlocked Bronx native known as "Face" had
been found to be the common denominator in numerous HIV cases, including that
of a 13-year-old girl, set off a local panic.

He told
a reporter in 1999 that he'd had sex with 200 to 300 partners.

The two-week
trial was held out of the public eye because of health privacy laws.

One of the jurors in the case has commented about the Baker's and Rasnick's claims that Williams was not infected and cannot transmit HIV:

"The jury, however, didn't buy that Williams never had HIV.

"It was strongly proved, in my opinion, that he was HIV positive and has AIDS," Edwards said. "It was proved by the doctors who showed us what his viral loads looked liked."

As for the electron microscope testing, Edwards said, "We were told that they kept testing the blood until they got the negative result. The state had the guy on the stand to discuss how he got the results, and we felt there was some issues there."

Edwards noted Nuchereno's 2 1/2 hour closing argument Friday was "really good and interesting to hear," but was not enough to sway the jury.

"We ultimately just could not believe a lot of (the defense experts') testimony," he said. "They brought in some people during the trial that said someone could not transfer HIV to another person. We just couldn't believe a lot of it."

MAYVILLE – The civil confinement trial against Nushawn Williams continued in Mayville on Monday with testimony from the many [sic: should be "man", not "many"] who claims a recent blood test shows Williams does not have HIV.

According to YNN News, Dr. Gregory Hendricks – a cell biologist with the University of Massachusetts – was called to the stand by the prosecution. Hendricks is the technician who examined Williams blood using an electron microscope, and says that showed no signs of the HIV virus.

Well, Clark Baker has a credibility gap when it comes to anything that comes out of his mouth. This "OMSJ" creation of his is just another example of his pathetic desperation to consider himself more than the irrelevant, insignificant loser that he is.

If you note OMSJ's webpage, after thoroughly becoming irrelevant in the HIV denialist world - Clarkie is now concentrating on his 2 new crusades- out to prove that climate change is a conspiracy, and that all vaccines are dangerous.Ha! I guess being proven a loser is not good enough - Clarkie doubles-down!!!

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In Denying AIDS, Seth Kalichman provides a fascinating look into the thinking of those who propagate AIDS myths and the negative impact they have on our response to a deadly disease. He shows us how AIDS pseudoscience confuses the public and threatens sound public health policy. Anyone who cares about the global HIV/AIDS pandemic should read this book. Helene D. Gayle, Chair of the 2009 US Presidential Council on AIDS, CEO CARE USA, former Assistant Surgeon GeneralSeth Kalichman brilliantly uses a psychological lens to expose the wacky world that creates and maintains its presence despite the untold numbers of deaths and suffering it has caused. This book is a wake up call to policy makers and scientists, particularly in places most affected by the pandemic, that denialism must be confronted if we want to bring it under control. A must read for those who want to know more about the power and influence of pseudoscience.Michael Merson, Director, Global Health Institute at Duke University and Former Director of the World Health Organization's Global Program on AIDS.

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Seth Kalichman has superbly captured the contradictions inherent in AIDS denialism. He has deftly uncovered its religious-like fervor, its vociferous proponents and passionate opponents as well as its destructive force when legitimized by the South African President.Salim S. Abdool Karim, Member of the 2000 South African Presidential Panelon AIDS, Professor at University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Director of Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)

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